We will be making the following changes to our usual class schedule over Labor Day Weekend.

It's almost the end of summer: time to get back in the paleo swing of things with our Back To School Whole30 Paleo Challenge!  We're tossing the sugar, grains, and alcohol for 30 days of clean livin' during the month of September -- join us!

We will be making the following schedule changes on Saturday August 23rd to accommodate our inaugural Brooklyn Barbell Club Olympic Weightlifting Meet

On Sunday, August 17th, we're hosting the third event of the 2014 Subway Series. We encourage all of you to register a team and compete for Team Virtuosity!For those of you who can't make it to the competition, please take note of our amended class schedule for Sunday.

The Brooklyn Barbell Club, in partnership with CrossFit Virtuosity, is proud to announce its first annual Olympic Weightlifting Meet! This meet is designed to be accessible to the relatively novice weightlifter, and is open to both members and non-members.

Name: Phil Quinn
Hometown: West Islip, NY (Long Island)
Age: 24
Occupation: Software Engineer
CrossFitting Since: On and off since 2010.

What makes CrossFit Virtuosity unique?
THE PEOPLE! That includes the members and the coaches. Everyone is super unique and varied and interesting and welcoming. No matter how far I move from CFV, I will keep coming back as long as I live in this city. I can’t imagine working out with a cooler group of people.

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(or Why We Don’t Program “Murph" Every Day)

For today’s bite, let’s take on the elephant in the room: cardio.

The mainstream fitness prescription calls for spending hours and hours “burning calories” on the treadmill (or elliptical, or exercise bike, or whatever the cardio machine du jour happens to be.)

We do not like this. Here’s why.

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We’ll be celebrating July 4th with a traditional "Jacinto Storm". For those of you who don't know, Jacinto is an NYC CrossFit legend -- the fittest 74-year-old around! He turns 75 on July 3rd; we'll be completing his birthday WOD on the 4th!

Come spend an afternoon learning, training, and gaining confidence in the clean & jerk during this 2.5 hour intensive! Work side by side with athletes of all levels as the clean and jerk are broken down individually, and then put back together again!